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College Baseball | Saint Xavier and St. Francis combine for 68 hits, 11 HRs
By Jeff Vorva Correspondent In a showdown between two of the top teams in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference, St. Francis (Illinois) won a strange and windy doubleheader over Saint Xavier,...
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Sports Bits | Aaliyah Flores named St. Laurence hoops MVP
• Shepard alum John Economos was named to the National Hellenistic Hall of Fame. Economos was a Regional News-Reporter Boys Basketball Player of the Year in 1995. • Marist boys basketball coach Brian...
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Girls Soccer | Stagg, Reavis looking for more
By Xavier Sanchez Correspondent The final match of March for both Reavis and Stagg ended in a 0-0 draw on March 28 in Burbank. The Rams (2-4-1 entering this week) are led by third-year head coach...
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Obituaries April 4, 2024
JAN BACHLEDA-KUBANSKI Jan Bachleda-Kubanski, age 90, passed away March 11. Beloved husband of Halina Pawlikowska and the late Helena Bachleda-Kubanska; loving father of Janina (Zbigniew) Galica, Halina...
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Remodeling continues at Water’s Edge in Worth
By Joe Boyle Renovations continue at the Water’s Edge Golf Course in Worth with remodeling of the clubhouse currently taking place. The Worth Village Board had previously approved a contract with...
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Green Team of Palos Heights plans Clean Up Day
The Green Team of Palos Heights is planning a Clean Up Day on Saturday, April 13. By Kelly White The Green Team of Palos Heights does just what its name implies and works hard to keep the city green...
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Palos Heights considers TIF district for business corridor
Palos Heights Mayor Bob Straz gives his State of the City address to the Palos Area Chamber of Commerce at the Recreation Center on March 26. By Dermot Connolly The Palos Heights City Council is...
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Shepard welcomes alum as new band director
By Kelly White Shepard High School welcomed on one of its own to fill the shoes of former band director, Christopher Pitlik. Kenneth George, a 2001 Shepard High School graduate, has been named the new...
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EPCHS science teacher named a Teacher of the Year
Evergreen Park Community High School, 9901 S. Kedzie Ave., announced that science teacher, Bryn Zingrebe, has been named to the Illinois State Board of Education Teacher of the Year Cohort as its 2024...
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Evergreen Park to hold hearing on proposed cannabis dispensary
By Joe Boyle Evergreen Park residents and community leaders will get an opportunity to weigh in on a request to open a cannabis dispensary in their village. A public hearing on the request will be held...
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Swallow Cliff Chapter NSDAR awards students
At its February meeting, Swallow Cliff Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, held its annual Youth Awards program to honor the DAR Good Citizens Award winners. Seven local...
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New DCFS chief will need luck
. By Rich Miller . The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has been a very big state problem for a very long time. The department now has new leadership under Director Heidi Mueller,...
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Signs show planting season is approaching
. By Mary Stanek Your correspondent in Archer Heights and West Elsdon 3808 W. 57th Place • (773) 517-7796 . It is officially April. That means sweet sweeping will be starting again. Be on the lookout...
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Constructive activities for teens on 63rd Street
. By Peggy Zabicki Your correspondent in West Lawn 3633 W. 60th Place • (773) 504-9327 . As the weather gets warmer, we start looking forward to saving money by turning off the heat in our homes,...
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What RFK Jr. needs to understand
. By Ray Hanania . Dear Robert F. Kennedy Jr., The first thing you need to understand about your candidacy for president is that the mainstream news media is not your friend. The media is going to do...
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Hockey gold-medalist Abbey Murphy among college athletes to strike NIL deal...
By Jeff Vorva Correspondent Four college athletes who attended area high schools have been named CHISOX Athletes for 2024, an NIL initiative created by the Chicago White Sox. Notre Dame offensive...
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Area natives Kendall Coyne Schofield, Abbey Murphy representing at Women’s...
By Jeff Vorva Correspondent Local hockey legends Kendall Coyne Schofield and Abbey Murphy are back with the U.S. women’s hockey team at the 2024 Women’s World Championship. Schofield, a Palos Heights...
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College Sports | Sidney Lovitsch is officially women’s hoops coach at SXU
By Jeff Vorva Correspondent Sidney Lovitsch was named interim women’s basketball coach at Saint Xavier shortly before the 2023-24 season opened and got a trial year to work with. The trial was...
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Red Stars to play in Summer Cup
By Jeff Vorva Correspondent When the NWSL season started, there was a gap in the schedule — created to accommodate international play — that left the Chicago Red Stars without a league game for most of...
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